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Lane: AI can lift Europe, but brings risks for ECB
ECB Executive Board member Philip R. Lane said AI could lift Europe’s economy, while the ECB monitors its effects on growth, labour, rates and financial stability.
- Lane said firms are set to devote around 10% of total investment to AI this year.
- The ECB said 64% of firms in its survey used AI, while 52% of workers reported using it at work.
- Lane said the ECB is monitoring AI-related financial risks, including cyber risks.
Action
Philip R. Lane, a member of the ECB Executive Board, said AI is a general purpose technology that can improve global living standards and the global knowledge frontier.
He said the ECB is closely monitoring and analysing AI’s impact on the euro area economy.
Respondents
Lane delivered the remarks at The International AI Summit in Dublin on 13 October 2026.
He said Europe’s AI transformation depends on developers of AI frontier models, builders of AI infrastructure, entrepreneurs, the research and development community, energy system operators, the financial system, education and training sectors, managers and workers.
Effective
Lane said the ECB sees AI already affecting current activity in the euro area.
He said firms are set to devote around 10 per cent of their total investment to AI this year. He also said 64 per cent of firms reported using AI in the ECB’s Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises for the fourth quarter of 2025.
On households, Lane said 52 per cent of workers now report using AI at work, up from 26 per cent in 2024.
Penalty
No penalty was announced.
Lane said the ECB is committed to price stability and financial stability as Europe seizes the AI opportunity.
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